Contrasting Hapkido and Jujitsu?

the main difference between the two is the primary or most used "range" they use. Jujitsu is primarily used at extremely close range, one person right up against the other, Hapkido is primarily done when the opponents are at arms length from one another.

Korean Hapkido and Japanese Jujitsu certainly have many similarities. Hapkido is basically a combination of Edo Period Japanese Jujitsu, namely Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu (also a progenitor style of Aikido) and Korea's own native Taekyyon, a system that goes back to before the year 1200 A.D.

Japanese Jujitsu is a blanket term for traditional Japanese martial arts. At one time there were over 2,000 styles of Japanese Jujitsu. The number of Jujitsu schools declined as Japan became more modernized in their warfare following the Meji Restoration in 1868.

Because Japan occupied and controlled the Korean peninsula for 353 years (1592 to 1945), the Japanese occupiers' martial arts would eventually be picked up by the Koreans, even though Koreans were forbidden to learn Japanese martial arts in their own country. The Korean martial art Taekyyon which features many jump kicks and spinning kicks had been practiced for centuries would eventually merge with the Japanese martial arts being taught on the Korean peninsula, hence Hapkido.

Since Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu is a parent style to both Hapkido and Aikido, I think that Hapkido is like a combination of Taekwondo and Aikido.

Hapkido- Tae Kwon Do style kicks along with joint manipulation. Tae Kwon Do- Legs are primary weapons punches are also included. Some styles of TKD also have knees and elbows and are very similar to Muay Thai. Karate and Kung Fu- I haven't taken them so I can't say for sure.

They both have Japanese origins. The popular story is that Choi Yong-sool brought back his adaptation from Japan after world war 2. The differences are in their development and practitioners. If you want to know the differences, you'd probably get a better grasp of it by researching yourself though. They're both meant to be somewhat all-encompassing martial arts with a focus on hard-soft techniques (as in, don't punch the head and don't palm the stomach).